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perm remove option
vander00 Jun 7, 2025
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improve debug in --permanently
vander00 Jun 7, 2025
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changed readme for --permanently feature
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3 changes: 2 additions & 1 deletion README.md
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Expand Up @@ -34,7 +34,8 @@ For those implemented options, safe-rm will act **exactly the same** as the orig
| `-f`, `--force` | **Force** | Removes files without prompting for confirmation, ignoring nonexistent files and overriding file protections |
| `-r`, `-R`, `--recursive`, `--Recursive` | **Recursive** | Removes directories and their contents recursively. Required for deleting directories |
| `-v`, `--verbose` | **Verbose** | Displays detailed information about each file or directory being removed |
| `-d`, '--directory' | **Remove Empty Directories** | `safe-rm` can check and only remove empty directories specifically with this flag |
| `-d`, `--directory` | **Remove Empty Directories** | `safe-rm` can check and only remove empty directories specifically with this flag |
| `-p`, `--permanently` | **Permanently remove** | Permanently remove files like in traditional `rm` |
| `--` | **End of Options** | Used to indicate the end of options. Useful if a filename starts with a `-` |

Combined short options are also supported, such as
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8 changes: 7 additions & 1 deletion bin/rm.sh
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Expand Up @@ -300,7 +300,6 @@ for arg in ${ARG[@]}; do
OPT_INTERACTIVE_ONCE=1; debug "$LINENO: interactive_once : $arg"
OPT_INTERACTIVE=;
;;

# both r and R is allowed
-[rR]|--[rR]ecursive)
OPT_RECURSIVE=1; debug "$LINENO: recursive : $arg"
Expand All @@ -314,6 +313,13 @@ for arg in ${ARG[@]}; do
-d|--directory)
OPT_EMPTY_DIR=1; debug "$LINENO: empty dir : $arg"
;;
-p|--permanently)
# permanently delete files
rm ${ARG[@]/$arg} ${FILE_NAME[*]}
debug "$LINENO: permanently: rm ${ARG[@]/$arg} ${FILE_NAME[*]}"
do_exit $LINENO 0
#rm $@ && do_exit $LINENO 0
;;

*)
invalid_option $arg
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